Chemo + immunotherapy may improve bladder preservation, interim data from phase II study show

The European Commission approved Keytruda (pembrolizumab), an anti-PD-1 therapy, as a monotherapy for the treatment of resectable locally advanced head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma as neoadjuvant treatment, continued as adjuvant treatment in combination with radiation therapy with or without concomitant cisplatin and then as monotherapy in adults whose tumors express PD-L1 with a Combined Positive Score ≥1.